{"conversationCode":"237-025","tapeNumber":237,"conversationNumber":25,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-237-025","startDateTime":"1972-12-29T22:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-29T22:03:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Dec-1972","startTime":"5:03 PM","endDate":"29-Dec-1972","endTime":"5:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On December 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 5:03 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 237-025 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 237-25\n\nDate: December 29, 1972\nTime: 5:03 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 158-19]\n\f                                                -12-\n\n                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["237-025.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"237-024","nextCode":"237-026","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.91,"text":"Colonel Kennedy, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief communication through the Camp David operator to establish a connection with Colonel Kennedy. The exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and the Colonel. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are addressed in this short administrative interaction.","topics":["White House communications","Colonel Kennedy","Logistics","Camp David operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:18:28.050Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","colonel-kennedy","logistics","camp-david-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"237-025.mp3","bytes":246330,"durationSec":10.12,"bitrate":194727,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.206Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:09.054Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/237-025.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/237-025","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/237/conversation-237-025","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}